Millions of people still pay for aol 56k dial up

[thernbroom]

AOL's dial-up subscription business was responsible for making it one of the most successful global internet companies of the 1990s. And yet, 20 years later — after joining Time Warner for eight years, buying several prominent websites, and undergoing countless other transitions as a digital media company — AOL's dial-up service endures: In its fiscal fourth quarter of 2014, AOL still had more than 2.2 million subscribers.

To be clear, most subscribers get more than just internet service — some of its subscribers also pay for support and other services. AOL offers several plans, and its average revenue per user actually increased in the fourth quarter to $21.18, up from $20.01.

Based on company data charted for us by BI Intelligence, AOL's 2.2 million subscribers generated 24% of the company's total revenue last year ($606.5 million of the $2.53 billion million total)*, and the number of people leaving the service each month has been in decline, which is pretty impressive considering the subscriber base isn't that large these days. The 2.2 million dial-up subscribers are just a fraction of the ~27 million users AOL had in its heyday, but those dial-up subscribers are still providing a lot of the company's revenue.

*(Correction: This article originally misstated AOL's annual revenue and the percentage due to subscriptions. We regret the error.)

:thernbroom: Still waiting on that kazaa download to finish

 

[Evil genius Jay]

Dial up

 

[CTech83]

Moms making a phone call with 99% of your download finished.

 

[Evil genius Jay]

Moms making a phone call with 99% of your download finished.

2000's struggle

 

[R=G]

The nightmare era

 

[thernbroom]

Moms making a phone call with 99% of your download finished.

 

[Dragonfly Jones]

not me

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/clea...nd-an-old-aol-bill-from-2002-for-1789.276798/


@ AOL?

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

:thernbroom: Still waiting on that kazaa download to finish

i try to tell the coli all the time... we are the advanced and informed

i'd say like 80% of the world, doesn't know the shyt on these forums... they don't know the deep ends of rap, sports, video games, movies


they watch tv, listen to the radio, get on facebook, and call it a day.... they might read a magazine or go to a few websites


but the deep discussions, posting of obscure links and tweets, watching 45 minute interviews on amber rose, finding the fastest way to get BR rips before they hit theaters... super high 100gb internet.... most of the country, even the world, has no fukking idea

i couldn't count the amount of times i've had to say "you know that's bullshyt right" and explain what i think is common knowledge, to a person about the most basic parts of sports, entertainment and tech

 

[ORDER_66]

nikkaS STILL USING AOL DIAL UP????

 

[Microfracture]

I wonder how much of this is the ability to run high speed internet in the boonies vs. pure technophobia

 

[dBoyFresh*212]

I'm trying to watch porn mom get off the fukking phone

 

[Donald J Trump]

The Shuggnet before Shuggnet™

 

[Los!]

I bet a lot of them play Battlefield 4

 

[Canada Goose]

Some of the rural parts of the U.S don't have high speed internet... so you have no choice but use 56K if you still live in those areas.


Remember when they was gonna make it where PS4 and Xbox1 needed to have an internet connection to play it? Well people compained about still having 56K with no option to upgrade to high speed.

 

[Schmoove]

Some of the rural parts of the U.S don't have high speed internet... so you have no choice but use 56K if you still live in those areas.


Remember when they was gonna make it where PS4 and Xbox1 needed to have an internet connection to play it? Well people compained about still having 56K with no option to upgrade to high speed.